Hat-fastener



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UNiTnp STATES PATENT @Erica lVlliLlAhl J. HAYES, OF LANSINGBURG, NE\V YORK.

HAT-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 626,379, dated June 6, 1899.

Application filed March 1,8, 1899.

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Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. HAYES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lansingburg, county of Rensselaer, and State of New York,have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in IlatFasteners, of which The following is a specification.

The invention relates to such im provements; and it consists of the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and subsequently claimed.

Reference may be had to the accompany ing drawings, and the numerals of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts in the several figures.

Figure l of the drawings is a view in transverse section of a ladys hat provided with my improved fastening device. Fig.. 2 is a view in perspective of the detachable fastening device detached from the hat. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the supporting member of Fig. el. is a plan view of the hair-pin member ofthe fastening.

My invention relates to mechanism for retaining a hat upon the head of a lady by engagement with the hair of the wearer.

I have shown in Fig. l an ordinary form of felt hat, suchas is commonly worn by ladies, provided with my improved fastening device.

The fastening device comprises, preferably, the supporting member l, the hair-pin member 2, and the elastic connection 3 between said members. The supporting member is formed of wire bent to the desired form, and has on its inner end a prong 4, adapted to be inserted through the hat-body 5 at a point where the inserted portion will be concealed by the exterior band or ribbon 6 or other external trimming. This prong is connected with the body of the supporting member by a loop or eye 7, and the opposite or outer end of the supporting member is provided with an offsetting loop 8. The hair-pin member is preferably of bifurcate form, having its prongs or branches adapted to engage the hair of the wearer and having said prongs connected together at the outer end of the member and provided with an ornamental head 9. Each prong or branch of the hair-pin is pro Serial No. 709,581- (No model.)

vided with an offsetting eye or loop l0. elastic connection 3 may be in the form of a rubber cord or endless rubber band,as shown, and is secured to the supporting member by being passed through the loop 7 at the i'nner end thereof, so as to interlock therewith, as shown, and to the hair-pin member by being inserted through both of the loops or eyes 10 in thebranches thereof, said loops being afterward closed by bending the wire to prevent the escape of the elastic. The elastic passes loosely through the outer offset loop S on the supporting member in such a manner that .the resilient force of the elastic is exerted to draw the supporting member and hair-pin member together and hold the loops l() on the hair-pin in engagement with the offset loop 8 on the outer end of the supporting member, as shown in Fig. 2 and at the lefthand side of Fig. 1.

The device is attached to the hat by inserting the pronga through the hat-body,as above described, so that the body of-the supporting member shall lie between the hat-body 5 and the sweatband ll and the offset loop 8 on the outer end of such member shall project just below the bottom edge of the sweat-band, as shown in Fig. l. The hair-pin is connected with the supporting member thus attached to the hat by the elastic connection Vin the Ilian- The ner above described and so that its prongs shall project inwardly and its head portion 9 shall project outwardly and lie just beneath the hat-brim l2.

In use two of my improved fastening devices are preferably employed, one attached to each of the two opposite sides of the hat, as shown in Fig. l.

To secure the hat in position upon the head of the wearer, the hair-pin members of the fastenings are pulled downwardly away from the hat-brim, as shown at the right-hand side of Fig. l, and outwardly from such position, if desired, the elastic yielding to permit any necessary movement, and the hat is placed in position upon the head and the hair-pins are inserted in the hair of the wearer and then released,whereupon they are drawn upwardly and inwardly by the elastic and held thereby in secure engagement with the hair.

It will be seen from an inspection of the roo fastening device shown at the left-hand side of Fig. 1 that a lifting.moveinent such as would be necessary to remove the hat from the head of the wearer would cause the prongs of the hair-pin when inserted in the hair to be engaged by the hair, necessitating a relative downward movement of the prongs of the hair-pin, which is rendered impossible without overcoming the force of the elastic connection, for the reason that the outer end vor head of the hair-pin underlies and engages the under side of the hat-brim and constitutes a fulcrum for the lever thus formed by/the hair-pin member, enabling the elastic to act effectively to retain the prongs ofthe hairpin in anupwardly and inwardly projecting position.

The elastic connection maybe of any known form and may be attached in any known zo manner. v

' What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is In a hat-fastener, the combination with a support adapted to be secured to the inner surface of a hat-body, and provided on its outer end with an osetting loop; of a bifurcate pin having an offsetting loop in each branch or prong adapted to bear upon the odset loop on the support; and an elastic connection between the inner end of the support and an intermediate portion of the pin, said elastic connection passing through the olfsetting loop on the outer end of the support, substantiallyvas described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 17th day of March, `1899.

WILLIAM J. HAYES.

Witnesses:

FRANK C. CURTIS, GEO. WV. KELLEY. 

